Thursday, April 27, 2017

FSW Campaign Log, Year 4

PR army retreats, rearguard action fought north
of Porto Cancere between SC van and PR cavalry

SC army pursues? (4): NO

Turn38, April 1526

on the border of GA territories, to the south,
a new house emerges: Tempobello (TE), a house of high nobility and a strong claim, albeit backed with little force

CA armies content to send GA flying, send envoy
for peace (3): YES

GA army is being reformed

PR army retreats in good order and faces SC; at
the news of no enemy pursuit, they make a stand

SC general staff hesitate between crushing the PR field army first, or
besieging the capital

Turn39, May 1526

CA enters peace treaty with GA, both recruit

CA 1COY horse

GA 8COY horse

PR army fortifies its position extensively

SC army feints, then enters peace talk

assassination attempt on PR general (4):
succeeds, PR army in shambles

SC army ambush avoided, they fall back before
entering PR camp

TE recruits 6COY, 2btn foot

Turn40, June 1526

CA army strengthens position in Parmigiano

GA recruits 12COY, 2btn foot 3rgt horse

PR army falls back on Alba

SC army prepares for advance on the capitol

TE recruits 3COY foot

Turn41, July 1526

SC offers CA a joint strike on GA, (4) YES,
begin amassing armies

GA fears to levy more, prepares main army to
move on western borders

PR army reformed

TE strikes on GA lines of comm, repulsed by
overwhelming force

Turn42, August 1526

CA army enters from the north, GA main army
feints& concentrates against SC

SC army linked up with TE, in temporary
alliance

PR recruits 3COY foot

Turn43, Sep 1526

CA army enters & gains GA territory

GA army stands battle with TE&SC – marginal
allied victory

GA losses: all light troops and most of the
horse

TE losses: heavy horse and 1COY line

SC losses: 2COY heavy horse & most of the
light

PR recruits 1COY horse

Turn44, Oct 1526

CA army besieges enemy forts, no relief arrives

GA army fails to pick on individual allies,
their cause seems desperate, peace talk with CA in return for territory gained
(3): a very big YES

SC frustrated with CA peace, but hesitant to
strike on GA

TE recruits into their own army from POWs,
13COY turned, 5COY foot 8 horse

PR recruits 5coy horse

Turn45-46, Nov-Dec 1526

all troops lodge in winter quarters

Turn47, Jan 1527

CA army firmly holding central Parmigiano

GA army launches a desperate attack against SC,
SC army falls back

TE recruits 3COY foot

PR army moves on to Tricia

the KleineKrieg reserve comes into play: after each
recruitment, players select their commitments to the KK reserve, 1527-8
will be gorilla warfare time

Turn48, Feb 1527

With CA bogged down in the east, SC armies take
Parmigiano by surprise and the city falls in a day;

CA falls back and recruits 7COY

GA&TE allied against SC, take Porto Pescatore

PR asks for Glambrian aid, threatening to
involve Armagnac in a war (3): NO, recruits 4COY, of which 1COY KK reserve

~ Campaign Notes ~

As you can see, there was only a single siege and one pitched battle during the course of these twelve months. I've still had many long years to fill with events, so I turned to cutting off the winter months with a small commentary.Sometimes I grew tired of detailed events, and in these cases I tried to come up with something new, such as House Tempobello to somewhat stir the balance of power.The older houses are, at this moment, still going strong, but trust me when I say they won't be going on like this forever.